Edo State Election: INEC Presents Certificate Of Return To Monday Okpebholo
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a certificate of return to the Monday Okpebholo, the Edo State Governorship winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The ceremony took place on Thursday at the INEC headquarters in Abuja.
Okpebholo was declared the winner of the Saturday, September 21 election with a total of 291,667 votes to beat his closest contender, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 247,274 votes.
Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) came a distant third in the race with 22,763 votes. Fourteen other candidates contested the seat but got less than the three frontline candidates.
The APC candidate cleared over 10 of the 18 local government areas, leaving the PDP candidate with marginal victory in the other local councils. The APC gained control in two of the three battleground senatorial districts in the state.
